HP "Entertainment PC" Revisited
Blog The 2133 has a VIA C7-M CPU and VIA Chrome 9 graphic controller; the 2140 was a very standard Intel Atom based system, and the new 1010ez has an AMD Athlon Neo CPU and ATI Radeon graphic controller. The AMD Athlon Neo processor is noticeably faster...
[September 29, 2009, 14:27]
Which Netbook ? Help !
Blog Comment It has a VIA CPU, rather than the typical Intel Atom for these things, if that matters to you. Utz, have you looked at the HP 2133 Mini Note? I know that it has a standard external VGA connector, and I just got an advert with a huge price cut on it...
[January 21, 2009, 11:44]
HP Mini 2140 review
Reviews Now that the plastic-clad, Atom-powered, consumer-orientated Mini 1000 has become a hit, HP's business side is taking another crack at the netbook market with the radically updated HP Mini 2140, which costs from £359 (ex.
[February 3, 2009, 14:34]
HP Mini 2140 - I Get To Try One!
Blog There are crucial differences in the internals, though, the most significant of which is the Intel Atom 270 CPU, rather than the VIA C7-M, and their associated chips. They say it is because the 2140 BIOS is shipped with Dual Core support enabled...
[July 1, 2009, 15:41]
MSI Wind: a first look review
Reviews There is much speculation on the web, however, that the Wind will use an Atom processor — Intel's soon-to-be-released low-power, high-performance chip. It also humbles HP's 2133 Mini-Note, which has just two USB ports.
[June 2, 2008, 11:50]
ecoquiet RM ONE 50: a first look review
Reviews Although the 45nm single-core/dual-thread Atom chip has been widely talked up as a CPU for mini-notebooks and even smaller Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), it will also, in its Diamondville guise, appear in low-cost desktops such as the £548...
[June 3, 2008, 13:20]
What Do We Expect from Netbooks?
Blog Now, this has to be qualified with the fact that I have never tried any other netbook, and in particular I have never tried one with an Intel Atom CPU (the Mini-Note has a VIA C-7M CPU), but that is one of the reasons I am posting this for...
[March 26, 2009, 10:38]
HP Mini 2140 - Strongly Recommended!
Blog The other difference is on the inside, the 2140 has an Intel Atom CPU, Intel 945 GSE Express, Mobile Intel GMA 950 Graphic controller, whereas the 2133 has a VIA C7-M CPU and VIA Chrome 9 graphic controller.
[July 7, 2009, 9:33]
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta
Blog ASUS N10J, Intel Atom CPU Frequency Scaling works on the VIA C7-M CPU (HP 2133 Mini-Note), without having to edit the kernel boot line. HP 2133 Mini, VIA C7-M I've been installing the Karmic Beta release on everything I have around here, and the...
[October 9, 2009, 14:03]
Fedora 12 Alpha and The Moblin User Experience
Blog MMS (Multi-Boot Mini-Server, Dual Atom nettop): Installed smoothly, works extremely well, and is overall very nice. ASUS N10J (Atom netbook): Seemed to take a very long time to boot the LiveCD, I had just about decided that it was hung when it...
[September 2, 2009, 9:30]
Fedora 11
Blog I was also able to install it on the Dual Atom nettop system with no trouble, The performance seems much worse than on the laptops, though. Now, to be fair, this is only an Atom-based system, but as it is a pretty well equipped dual CPU Atom...
[June 28, 2009, 8:18]
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC review
Reviews The 2133's greatest asset is its unique keyboard, which manages to fit in full-size keys by eliminating dead space on the keyboard tray, but we're less enamoured of the pokey VIA C7-M processor, especially when Intel's Atom CPUs, seemingly...
[April 9, 2008, 11:37]
HP's Mini-Note is official
Blog The 1.27kg Mini-Note has an 8.9in.display and a webcam, is powered by a VIA C7-M processor (not Intel's new Atom), and comes with either 1GB or 2GB of RAM, 802.11b/g or a/b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (optional), a shock-protected 120GB hard disk (not an...
[April 8, 2008, 16:18]
Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope' Release Candidate
Blog Comment The performance was unbelievably bad, so they must be doing something that is specifically tuned to Atom-based netbooks, which is killing the VIA/Chrome-based Mini-Note. I've never tried the UNR on an Atom-based netbook, so I don't know what it is...
[April 17, 2009, 22:33]
Dell Inspiron Mini 12 muscles in on notebook turf
News Like the Inspiron Mini 9, the Mini 12 is powered by Intel's Atom, a CPU choice that helps justify Dell's designation of the machine as a netbook. This use of a platter drive is a characteristic that the Mini 12 shares with HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC.
[October 27, 2008, 15:42]
Vodafone to sell Dell netbook in Europe
News It uses an Atom processor and solid-state storage, and has a built-in webcam. Several other operators are already offering similar netbook-plus-mobile-broadband deals — notably 3, with the HP 2133 Mini-Note and Orange with the Asus Eee 900 — but...
[September 9, 2008, 14:47]
HP unveils aluminium-clad Eee rival
News Low power consumption — a trait of Intel's Atom processors, which will power many similar notebooks later this year — is seen as essential for the low-cost subnotebook market, as the devices are designed to be carried around in bags as "second...
[April 8, 2008, 17:15]
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 1
Blog Comment As I said in the initial review, this HP 2133 is a bit long in the tooth as netbooks go, and pretty unusual in that it uses the VIA CPU and chipset rather than an Atom CPU and more "standard" Intel chipset.
[January 28, 2009, 8:14]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Similarly specified to your Hp 2133 except, of course, the more usual Intel Atom 1.6 processor and chipsets, and a 10 inch screen. Lenovo S10e, Windows XP, Ubuntu and Windows 7 Beta Jamie, I just bought a Lenovo S10e netbook at a substantially...
[January 26, 2009, 15:51]
HP 2133 Mini-Note: Lessons Learned
Blog Comment I just received today Monday my new Asus Eee Pc 901 with Intel Atom and an SSD drive, actually two SSD drives - one fast and a slower one. Jamie, I so totally understand your frustration which comes out of the article.
[March 2, 2009, 16:48]
